Can place a few ; any errors blamed on Alzheimers.
On the rear tires (L to R):
Brian Lambert ; Derrick Jones ; Ken Sagar
Others:
Dave Stubbs ; second from left ; later TM at Stewart
Dave Heap (Spike) ; hands on rear wing
Anne (PR)
John Jackson (our right hand side in glasses)
Allan Challis next to Neil Oatley

In 1967, is that Chris Irwin near the BRM transporter? . My remaining scraps of 1966 programme tell me that the beautiful Piper Ferrari was driven by Bob Bondurant, and that the GT40 is Eric Liddell's.

I was trying to identify some of the F3 drivers in the queue. Working from Stefan's site, #15 is Harry Stiller's Brabham, #8 is Jim Sullivan in the Promecom BT18, #11 is Jackie Oliver, and I can't see whether that's Piers Courage in #24 or Derek Bell in #34. The car in the foreground is apparently the MRS BT16 of biker John Hartle, although Stefan has him down as a DNA. Perhaps he was a DNS.

Yes John, it is Chris Irwin. The Piper 250LM appeared to be for Mike Parkes and it was Nick Cuthbert's GT40 for Eric Liddell. (See here for sportscars & F3)

Thank you Tony. Yes, the programme confirms the Cuthbert GT40 entered for Eric Liddell, but Bob Bondurant was down for the second Piper car; Mike Parkes obviously drove it instead. I hadn't bothered to check results on that one.

Regarding the F3 race and picture, your link is Stefan's excellent site to which I refer. Whether that is John Hartle or not I don't know - I suspect it is as I think he had one or two more outings in the Brabham at around that time.

Of course back then there would be no indication for the public where the 'Historic' cars were stationed unlike the more effective signage that we get now. When I went to the 1967 GP it was just the same with the bulk of the Paddock Crowd clustering round the F1 part of the paddock and as you wandered up the Club Circuit towards the top end of the Paddock there were fewer and fewer punters.

Here are a couple of 'Historic' cars pictured by Maurice at the 1967 GP, can anyone identify them?

The Historic cars took part in a parade at the 1967 Gp which included the ex-Seaman Delage (not sure but it may have been Ray Potter driving) as well as the Riley and the D-Type.

According to Autosport the car was an ERA-Delage driven by Rob Walker. There's a photo; the driver certainly looks like Rob and the car matches the one in Maurice Bruton's photo. I'm confused, though, because I thought the 'original' ERA-Delage had independent front suspension.

According to Autosport the car was an ERA-Delage driven by Rob Walker. There's a photo; the driver certainly looks like Rob and the car matches the one in Maurice Bruton's photo. I'm confused, though, because I thought the 'original' ERA-Delage had independent front suspension.

Isn't that the Seaman car which was burned out a year later when Rob's garage went up in flames? The blaze consumed his nice new Lotus 49 at the same time and led to a works car on loan for the imminent British GP, which Seppi then drove to victory.

The D-type was owned by Peter Skidmore (true!) in 1970 but I'm not sure if he had it as early as 1967The Brooklands Riley Nine might be Neville Farquhar's, though not the one he's raced more recently. Perhaps Alan Cox might have an Oulton Park photo from about then that would confirm the reg.no?

Sorry, David, none of NF's cars as early as this. Coventry Racers (not infallible) has Skidmore acquiring the D Type in 1970. Prior to that they mention J Forbes Clark of Wolverhampton from '56/'57.

Sorry, David, none of NF's cars as early as this. Coventry Racers (not infallible) has Skidmore acquiring the D Type in 1970. Prior to that they mention J Forbes Clark of Wolverhampton from '56/'57.

I don't have access to my records at the moment, but I think Peter Skidmore owned the car well before then. I recall a photo of my father racing against him in his Aston DBR1 in c. 1963/4.

Edit: having looked briefly on RacingSportsCars.com, the only entry for Peter Skidmore was at Silverstone on 1/5/1965 - which would tie in roughly with my comment above. Regrettably, neither car nor result are listed though.

Wonderful pictures that remind us older folk of a far more "inclusive" approach to the sport.

And fascinating to search the photos for faces in the background we remember - post 4601, picture 5 - Robin Rew(glasses and camera bag slung over his shoulder), Silverstone circuit photographer of the sixties and seventies.

Does anyone know where Robin is today? I lost contact with him when he left Silverstone.

"Robin Rew sharpens Scimitars," the ad went, IIRCThe last I heard he was down in Devon, Okehampton/Sticklepath area about 10 years ago, but did not reply to me.Roger Lund

Think he was a regular at Prescott in a AC 3000ME in the early 80s. "Rewster Boosted" (turbocharged) as the slogan went...Never saw many 3000MEs but he seemed to have most of them in his care in one of the long-vanished 'nissan huts' at Silverstone

Interesting pictures John. I was trying to get on with some work but you've put paid to that!
The teams really were crammed in weren't they, rivals alongside, spectators back and front? Is that Bob Dance in the foreground of the Lotus shot? Love Reine Wisell's hair.

Everything nice and tidy, just how Bernie likes it ! JohnP Did those 312B's ever run with those wing end-pieces again ?

I don't think they did John; I can't recall them at any other races in 1971. I do remember that Ferrari resurrected the B1 at some Grand Prix that year: Italy and USA for example. Then in early 1972 they tried this B2 nose:

A few more from BGP 1971, and thanks for the response. I've had to work on them using a basic Canon scanner and an American editingsuite called ACDSee Pro, which I've always found excellent.

I was at the race with a mate who was a great Pescarolo fan, cue us bumping into Henri having a quiet smoke around the back and a brief chat with us inpidgin franglais . Next up, one of my heroes Jackie Oliver spent twenty minutes with us at McLaren. And two minutes after the last picture here was taken, I was standing where Jackie Ickx is, having a gander into the Ferrari. JohnP

It would seem to be a problem with Imageshack. All the photos which have vanished (from this and other threads) appear to have been uploaded with them. The photos posted using other hosting sites are still visible. Let's hope it's a temporary glitch which can be soon resolved.

I know they were experimenting with aerodynamics back in the day. This is still the weirdest rear end setup I've ever seen from that time.Did it not work or why was it never copied in period?

I know that some Indy Cars teams used similar rear bi-wings, I believe 1983 was the most prominent year, at certain short ovals and road courses. The lower wing was much closer to the road surface though. Team Penske definitely used them, as did Pete Halsmer in the Arciero Penske PC-10; maybe Patrick's team tried them too. I'll see if I can find some photos and post if interested.

I know they were experimenting with aerodynamics back in the day. This is still the weirdest rear end setup I've ever seen from that time.Did it not work or why was it never copied in period?

Looking at it with nearly 40 years of hind sight ( ) I'd be surprised if the lower wing generated any down force at all given the turbulence that must have been generated from the rear wheels and bodywork.

The Lotus 80 also had a low wing and even with a cleaner airflow it was not long before Lotus added a second higher one.